A Kansas man was sentenced on Monday to 30 years in federal prison for plotting a failed suicide bombing at a US military base on behalf of Islamic State, federal prosecutors said. John Booker, 22, of Topeka, pleaded guilty in February to plotting the April 2015 attack on Army personnel at Fort Riley, Kansas, and aiding the Islamic State fight against the United States, US Justice Department said in a statement. VOA reported that the FBI began investigating Booker in March 2014 after he posted pro-jihad comments on Facebook. Prosecutors said he tried to enlist in the US Army to attempt an insider attack against American soldiers, but his enlistment was denied. In March 2015, he made a video in which he pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic State, prosecutors said.
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